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caman en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈkamən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish camán.

Meanings

1. Synonym of shinty (“stick used to hit the ball in the game of shinty”).
   • —One of the Crokes made a woeful wipe at him one time with his caman and I declare to God he was within an aim’s ace of getting it at the side of his temple. 1916, James Joyce, chapter V, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC:

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Relateds

camogie

Synonyms

shinty

caman en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Alternative forms.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, archaic) Archaic form of caiman.
   alt of caiman

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